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Re: Vote for your distro ;)

From GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Vote for your distro ;)
Date 2016-01-07 11:48 -0700
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On 01/06/16 18:20, Slimer wrote:
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> On 2016-01-06 7:16 PM, owl wrote:
>> Melzzzzz<mel@zzzzz.com>  wrote:
>>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 07:42:46 +0000 (UTC) owl<owl@rooftop.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Melzzzzz<mel@zzzzz.com>  wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 02:54:20 +0000 (UTC) owl
>>>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> DFS<nospam@dfs.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>> On 1/5/2016 5:37 PM, Melzzzzz wrote:
>>>>>>>> http://fossforce.com/2016/01/its-whats-your-distro-time/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The results from last year prove, once again, that
>>>>>>> "choice!" isn't nearly as important to Linux users as
>>>>>>> shitv and RonG and others claim it is.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://fossforce.com/2015/03/poll-results-ubuntu-mint-in-near-tie
> /
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
> Distro  Votes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ubuntu  473 Linux Mint      462 openSUSE        417 Arch
>>>>>>> 276 Debian  192 Fedora  190
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Top 6 distros got 82% of the votes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Manjaro         67 CentOS  50 *PCLinuxOS      49 *Gentoo
>>>>>>> 36
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Top 10 distros got 90% of the votes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the 4th survey I've seen with very similar
>>>>>>> results.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Assuming 40 million desktop Linux users, these are the
>>>>>>> total user counts by distro (based on the voting
>>>>>>> proportions):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ubuntu  7,678,571 Linux Mint      7,500,000 openSUSE
>>>>>>> 6,769,481 Arch    4,480,519 Debian  3,116,883 Fedora
>>>>>>> 3,084,416
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Manjaro 1,087,662 CentOS  811,688 *PCLinuxOS
>>>>>>> 795,455 *Gentoo 584,416
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Slackware      568,182 Mageia  503,247 *Kubuntu
>>>>>>> 487,013 elementary      470,779 Antergos        389,610
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Xubuntu 357,143 Bodhi Linux     211,039 Lubuntu 194,805
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kali Linux      81,169 Linux Lite      81,169 Netrunner
>>>>>>> 81,169 CrunchBang      64,935 Korora  64,935
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chakra  48,701 LMDE    48,701 MX Linux        48,701
>>>>>>> Puppy Linux     48,701 Solydx(k)       48,701
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Deepin  32,468 Funtoo Linux    32,468 KaOS    32,468 LXLE
>>>>>>> 32,468 NixOS   32,468 OpenMandriva    32,468 Sabayon
>>>>>>> 32,468
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tiny Core Linux 32,468 Void Linux      32,468
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Total 40,000,000
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess nobody sprung for that Red Hat license.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> RHEL is for servers.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/desktop/ "Red Hat Enterprise
>>>> Linux for Desktops or Workstation"
>>>>
>>>>> CentOS, ditto...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> survey: "CentOS  811,688"
>>>>
>>>
>>> Who would run that on desktop?
>>>
>>
>> What's the difference?  Linux is Linux.  Red Hat has just set up a
>> business model catering to corporate users, providing a point of
>> contact for "official support."  You too can join that club for a
>> price.  In fact, there are even two levels of "self-support" -- one
>> at $49 and one at $179.  Sounds like a killer deal to me.  I can't
>> fathom why RHEL doesn't show up on this bogus survey.
>
> I haven't used Redhat in years. How outdated is it in comparison to
> Fedora? I can't imagine that Redhat uses the latest code.
>
>
They don't use the bleeding edge code.  They're after reliability and 
use.  Still isn't reliable enough tho.

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Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-05 23:37 +0100
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 15:24 -0800
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-05 20:55 -0500
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-06 02:54 +0000
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 07:25 +0100
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-06 07:42 +0000
          Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 08:50 +0100
            Re: Vote for your distro ;) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-06 05:54 -0500
            Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-07 00:16 +0000
              Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-07 01:42 +0100
              Re: Vote for your distro ;) Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 20:20 -0500
                Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-07 04:16 +0000
                Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-07 15:26 +0000
                Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-07 11:48 -0700
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-06 05:43 -0500
          Re: Vote for your distro ;) chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-06 06:46 -0600
            Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:17 -0700
          Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-07 14:48 -0500
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:15 -0700
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:14 -0700
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 19:08 -0800
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 07:22 +0100
        Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 05:08 -0800
          Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 14:11 +0100
            Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 05:51 -0800
          Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 21:45 -0800
            Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2016-01-07 08:17 +0100
            Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 03:07 -0800
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 09:41 -0500
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-07 13:44 -0500
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 12:36 -0800
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) Vince Vandal <v2@Ce4OrysoXdNcOcOGIAkzQ3WfTYyEQV89dkhLjcQ6cCMIF3Zo5Q49YUyeRjXm.info> - 2016-01-06 04:03 +0000
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-06 05:37 -0500
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2016-01-07 05:41 +0100
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 09:39 -0500
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-07 14:22 -0500
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-06 08:44 +0000
    Don't Look now but your Debian Leader just offed himself. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 05:52 -0800
      Re: Don't Look now but your Debian Leader just offed himself. Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-06 15:37 +0000
        Re: Don't Look now but your Debian Leader just offed himself. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 07:46 -0800

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